2011 Stefano Lubiana Grande Vintage Brut

Highly Rated
A sensationally complex and textural sparkling white only released in the very best years.

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97 points & Top 100 Wines of the Year
"It hits the nail on the head with the perfect precision of the bouquet and palate."
- James Halliday (The Weekend Australian)

Only ever released when the vintage is of a high enough quality, the 2011 Grande Vintage is the 12th release of this exceptional wine. With 10 years on lees it's a complex, layered and textual beauty.

A blend of estate-grown, single-vineyard Chardonnay (70%) & Pinot Noir (30%). The fruit comes from a mix of two terroirs: grey gravelly loams over clay and red loam over gravel. At the time of harvest the vineyards were organically managed, in conversion to biodynamic certification.

The base wines go through 100% malolactic conversion and the wine is according to the méthode traditionnelle. The Grande Vintage wines are made to show off the vintage they were grown in, selecting the best parcels of fruit to give freshness, elegance, balance and intensity.

96 points - "A single-vineyard, estate-grown blend of 50/50% chardonnay/pinot noir from the Derwent Valley. Pale in the glass with a fine, energetic bead and mousse. Aromas of crunchy green apple, nashi pear and citrus fruits with hints of brioche, mushroom, white flowers, flint, toast, almond paste, roast chestnuts and meal. Long, savoury and true with a real sense of mineral drive and toasty complexity, finishing very long with a saline, acid cadence. Wonderful drinking." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points - "A very cold year in these parts, as with most of the country. Great for fizz, as a result, befitting a cuvee that is only released when exceptional. Low dosage (3.8g/L) accentuates the chalky detail. A whooping 11 years on lees and one under cork, delivers toasty breadth and considerable power. Excellent nose of acacia, orange amaro and almond croissant, with a tensile bite across the emphatic finish. An Aussie fizz that really delivers. Drink or hold." - Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com)

97 points & Top 100 Wines of the Year - "A 50/50% blend of estate-grown chardonnay and pinot noir, the vineyard certified organic in conversion to biodynamic. It spent 10 years on yeast lees, and has a fine mousse and a golden yellow hue attesting to the age. It hits the nail on the head with the perfect precision of the bouquet and palate."
- James Halliday (The Weekend Australian)

Our 2011 Grande Vintage Brut, a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir & Chardonnay. An epic wine with 10 years on lees, providing valuable time for the wine to rest and mature constructing complexity and pomp! Layered with nutty, mealy savouriness with fruitlets of cherry and strawberry combining on the palate. Savour this exclusive wine with elegant canapés.

Variety: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir

Vineyard: 100% Estate grown, single vineyard, Derwent Valley

Vineyard Management: Certified Organic in conversion to Biodynamic

Geology: Mix of terroirs, grey gravelly loams over clay and red loam over gravel

Cellaring 5-10 years

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Sparkling
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Feature Organic
High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
James Suckling
Critic Score 96
95
97
Alcohol 12%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2011
Closure Cork

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